Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

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Burn Our Bodies Down
Cover of Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
Author(s) Rory Power
Published July 7, 2020
Publisher Delacorte Press
Genre(s) Thriller
Age group Young Adult


Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power is a young adult thriller novel, originally published on July 7, 2020.

Trigger Warnings

The following trigger warnings are listed on Rory Power's website:

  • Abortion (discussed)
  • Attempted murder
  • Body horror, some gore, blood (lighter, relative to Wilder Girls).
  • Corpse description
  • Death. On page character death. Child/infant death (takes place off page but implied violence – pages 301 and 308 in the print ARC).
  • Emesis (mention of emesising).

Additional trigger warnings:

  • Emotional abuse by a parent, including gaslighting. Familial and generational abuse.
  • Fire
  • Nonconsensual pregnancy – note, no sexual assault or rape.
  • Off-page gun violence.
  • Profanity

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Lesbian main character

Tropes